Industrial use starch found in common food products (2013/05/14)
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of many chewy products such as tapioca balls and taro dumplings. The products in question were made with starch that contained an industrial adhesive not approved for use in food.
Many people think these taro and sweet potato dumplings are delicious. However, authorities have found they were produced with starch that was treated with maleic acid. The FDA tested 74 commercially available products made from starch. It soon issued a recall for Smile Sun’s tapioca balls, Lien Fa Foods’ taro dumplings and sweet potato dumplings, and Meinung’s flat rice noodles. It also ordered Tenyu Foods’ oden and Chant Sen’s oden off the shelves for using this type of industrial use starch.
Feng Ruenn-lan FDA Food Safety Deputy Director These items may contain ingredients that we did not approve, such as starch with maleic anhydride. We have seized up to 25 tons of products.
Doctors warn that consumption of this illegally processed starch could harm the kidneys.
Yang Chen-chang Veterans General Hospital Toxicologist Rats fed 100 milligrams daily for every kilogram of body weight will experience kidney damage.
Maleic acid isn’t just banned in Taiwan. No country has approved its use in food products.
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